CVE-2017-5597

In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Atk. Vector
NETWORK
Atk. Complexity
LOW
Priv. Required
NONE
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 58%
VendorProductVersion
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.0
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.1
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.2
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.3
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.4
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.5
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.6
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.7
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.8
wiresharkwireshark
2.0.9
wiresharkwireshark
2.2.0
wiresharkwireshark
2.2.1
wiresharkwireshark
2.2.2
wiresharkwireshark
2.2.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
wireshark
bullseye
3.4.10-0+deb11u1
fixed
bullseye (security)
3.4.16-0+deb11u1
fixed
bookworm
4.0.11-1~deb12u1
fixed
bookworm (security)
4.0.11-1~deb12u1
fixed
trixie
4.4.0-1
fixed
sid
4.4.1-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
wireshark
bionic
not-affected
artful
not-affected
zesty
not-affected
yakkety
ignored
xenial
Fixed 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
released
trusty
Fixed 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u11ubuntu0.14.04.1
released
precise
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3811
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95798
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037694
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13345
https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/19747/
https://code.wireshark.org/review/gitweb?p=wireshark.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57894f741f7cc98b46c9fdce7eee8256d2a4ae3f
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-02.html